Positive effect of climate change on cotton in 2050 by CO 2 enrichment and conservation agriculture in Cameroon
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International audience ; This article predicts an unexpected positive effect of climate change on cotton production in Cameroon. Global warming could threaten cotton production in Africa due to increasing temperature and CO 2 , and rainfall uncertainties. This situation is worsened by the fact that most African farmers grow cotton as their cash crop and have few or no possible alternatives. Assessing the impact of climate change on cotton production is therefore critical. Here, we used CROPGRO, a process-based crop model that can simulate the main features of cotton growth and management. We applied this model to two regions in North Cameroon and a set of six regional climate projections combining general climate models and regional climate models from the ENSEMBLES project. The model was calibrated and validated with a data set of observations made in farmer fields from 2001 to 2005 and at an experimental station in 2010. Our results show unexpectedly that climate change from 2005 to 2050 in North Cameroon will have a positive effect on cotton yields with an increase of 1.3 kg ha −1 year −1 in yield, especially if conservation agriculture systems are adopted. The predicted increase of 0.05 °C year −1 in temperature will shorten crop cycles by 0.1 day year −1 with no negative effect on yields. Moreover, the fertilizing effect of CO 2 enrichment will increase yields by approximately 30 kg ha −1 . The rainfall pattern is likely to change, but the six regional models used to generate future weather patterns did not predict a decrease in rainfall. One model even forecast an increase in rainfall amounts. According to our findings, climate changes in North Cameroon can be anticipated by tailoring alternative cropping systems and adaptation techniques to cope with climate change.
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Positive effect of climate change on cotton in 2050 by CO 2 enrichment and conservation agriculture in Cameroon
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Gérardeaux, Edward ; Sultan, Benjamin ; Palaï, Oumarou ; Guiziou, Camille ; Oettli, Pascal ; Naudin, Krishna ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad) ; Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (LOCEAN) ; Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL (FR_636)) ; École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) ; Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) ; Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ; Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD Burkina Faso ) ; Institut de Recherche Agricole pour le Développement Yaoundé (IRAD) |
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Zeitschrift: | ISSN: 1774-0746, 2013 |
Veröffentlichung: | HAL CCSD ; Springer Verlag/EDP Sciences/INRA, 2013 |
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ISSN: | 1774-0746 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s13593-012-0119-4 |
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